1977 New York Giants (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 5-9-0 .357

Head Coach: John McVay

Jay Fry	Offensive Line
Joe Galat	Defensive Line
Bob Gibson	Offensive Coordinator
Lindy Infante	Receivers
Marty Schottenheimer	Defensive Coordinator
John Symank	Defensive Backs
Allan Webb	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	H	New England Patriots	3-19	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	44471
Sat	8/13/1977	A	New Orleans Saints	7-23	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49900
Sat	8/20/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	17-29	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	30582
Mon	8/29/1977	H	Buffalo Bills	24-21	W	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	48981
Sun	9/4/1977	H	New York Jets	0-10	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	50482
Sun	9/11/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	21-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	51561
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Washington Redskins	20-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76086
Sun	9/25/1977	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-41	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64215
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Atlanta Falcons	3-17	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	46174
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Philadelphia Eagles	10-28	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	48824
Sun	10/16/1977	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70366
Sun	10/23/1977	A	Washington Redskins	17-6	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53903
Mon	10/31/1977	A	St. Louis Cardinals	0-28	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50323
Sun	11/6/1977	H	Dallas Cowboys	10-24	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74532
Sun	11/13/1977	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10-0	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46518
Sun	11/20/1977	H	Cleveland Browns	7-21	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72576
Sun	11/27/1977	A	Cincinnati Bengals	13-30	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	32705
Sun	12/4/1977	H	St. Louis Cardinals	27-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	71826
Sun	12/11/1977	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-17	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	47731
Sun	12/18/1977	H	Chicago Bears	9-12	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	50152

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
77	Troy Archer	RDT	6-4	250	22	Rio Hondo JC; Colorado	14	14
25	Gordon Bell	RB	5-9	180	24	Michigan	10	0
83	Boyd Brown	TE	6-4	216	25	Alcorn State	6	0
21	Bill Bryant	LCB	5-11	195	26	Grambling State	14	14
53	Harry Carson	MLB	6-2	240	24	South Carolina State	14	14
61	Karl Chandler	C	6-5	250	25	Princeton	14	10
39	Larry Csonka	RB	6-3	238	31	Syracuse	14	13
18	Joe Danelo	K	5-9	166	24	Washington State	14	0
15	Randy Dean	QB	6-3	194	22	Northwestern	1	0
84	Al Dixon	TE	6-5	238	23	Iowa State	8	0
66	Rick Dvorak	DE	6-4	245	25	Wichita State	5	0
65	Bill Ellenbogen	OG	6-5	258	27	Buffalo; Virginia Tech	12	0
79	Mike Gibbons	ROG	6-4	262	26	Southwestern Oklahoma State	5	4
12	Jerry Golsteyn	QB	6-4	210	23	Northern Illinois	6	3
71	Gordon Gravelle	LOT	6-5	255	28	Brigham Young	14	14
77	Jack Gregory	RDE	6-5	249	33	Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State	14	14
33	Bobby Hammond	RB	5-9	175	25	Morgan State	14	4
30	Harold Hart	RB	6-0	208	25	Texas Southern	1	0
74	John Hicks	ROG	6-2	258	26	Ohio State	10	8
52	Ralph Hill	C	6-1	245	28	Florida A&M	12	4
13	Dave Jennings	P	6-4	202	25	St. Lawrence	14	0
70	Gary Jeter	LDE	6-4	260	22	Southern California	14	5
31	Ernie Jones	CB	6-3	180	24	Miami-Dade JC; Miami (Florida)	14	0
55	Brian Kelley	RLB	6-3	222	26	California Lutheran	13	12
44	Doug Kotar	RB	5-10	205	26	Kentucky	12	11
54	Dan Lloyd	RLB	6-2	225	24	Washington	14	2
34	Larry Mallory	S	5-11	185	25	Tennessee State	14	0
51	Frank Marion	LB	6-3	238	26	Florida A&M	3	0
89	Ed Marshall	WR	6-5	200	30	Ranger JC; Cameron	14	0
75	George Martin	LDE	6-4	255	24	Oregon	10	9
64	John Mendenhall	LDT	6-1	255	29	Grambling State	14	14
62	Ron Mikolajczyk	ROT	6-3	280	27	Marshall; Tampa	14	13
80	Emery Moorehead	WR	6-2	220	23	Colorado	13	7
73	Tom Mullen	ROG-ROT-LOT	6-3	250	26	Missouri State	8	3
86	Johnny Perkins	WR	6-2	205	24	Ranger JC; Abilene Christian	13	7
76	Jim Pietrzak	DT	6-5	260	24	Eastern Michigan	14	0
9	Joe Pisarcik	QB	6-4	220	25	New Mexico State	13	11
29	Clyde Powers	SS	6-1	195	26	Oklahoma	14	14
28	Beasley Reece	CB	6-1	186	23	North Texas	10	0
22	Ray Rhodes	RCB	5-11	185	27	Texas Christian; Tulsa	14	14
85	Jimmy Robinson	WR	5-9	170	24	Georgia Tech	14	14
57	Andy Selfridge	LB	6-3	220	28	Virginia	11	0
87	Gary Shirk	TE	6-1	220	27	Morehead State	14	10
27	Willie Spencer	RB	6-4	235	24	none	13	0
20	Jim Stienke	FS	5-11	182	27	Texas State	14	14
38	Bob Tucker	TE	6-3	225	32	Bloomsburg	5	4
68	J.T. Turner	DE-DT	6-3	250	24	Duke	13	0
63	Doug Van Horn	LOG	6-2	245	33	Ohio State	14	14
10	Brad Van Pelt	LLB	6-5	235	26	Michigan State	14	14
36	Larry Watkins	RB	6-2	220	31	Alcorn State	9	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Gary Jeter	DT	Southern California
2	32	Johnny Perkins	WR	Abilene Christian
4	88	Mike Vaughan	T	Oklahoma
5	117	Randy Dean	QB	Northwestern
6	143	Bob Jordan	T	Memphis
6	153	Emery Moorehead	WR-RB	Colorado
7	178	Al Dixon	TE	Iowa State
8	199	Bill Rice	DT	Brigham Young
8	211	Otis Rodgers	LB	Iowa State
9	228	Ken Mullens	DE	Florida A&M
10	255	Mike Jones	WR	Minnesota
11	284	Bill Helms	TE	San Diego State
12	311	Elmo Simmons	RB	Texas-Arlington

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	24	60	44	53	0
Opponents Totals	64	79	41	78	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		201	105	73	23	63/218 28.9%	/ %	91	880
Opponents Totals		226	94	110	22	70/206 34.0%	/ %	106	886

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Joe Danelo	0	19	20	95.0	14	23	60.9	61
Bobby Hammond	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jimmy Robinson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Willie Spencer	3	0	0		0	0		18
Doug Kotar	2	0	0		0	0		12
Joe Pisarcik	2	0	0		0	0		12
Gary Shirk	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bill Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Csonka	1	0	0		0	0		6
George Martin	1	0	0		0	0		6
Emery Moorehead	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	20	19	20	95.0	14	23	60.9	181
Opponents Totals	33	31	33	93.9	12	22	54.5	265

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Danelo	14	23	60.9	1/1	7/8	3/5	2/6	1/3
Team Totals	14	23	60.9	1/1	7/8	3/5	2/6	1/3
Opponents Totals	12	22	54.5	0/0	2/5	6/11	2/4	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Hammond	154	577	3.7	30	3
Doug Kotar	132	480	3.6	32	2
Larry Csonka	134	464	3.5	15	1
Willie Spencer	62	184	3.0	9	3
Larry Watkins	19	71	3.7	9	0
Gordon Bell	16	63	3.9	13	0
Joe Pisarcik	27	57	2.1	14	2
Emery Moorehead	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jerry Golsteyn	3	-4	-1.3	-1	0
Team Totals	548	1897	3.5	32	11
Opponents Totals	519	1773	3.4	70t	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Pisarcik	241	103	42.7	124	1346	5.6	13.1	82	4	1.7	14	5.8	32	262	1084	42.3
Jerry Golsteyn	70	31	44.3	31	416	5.9	13.4	47	2	2.9	8	11.4	14	113	303	33.7
Team Totals	311	134	43.1	155	1762	5.7	13.1	82	6	1.9	22	7.1	46	375	1387	38.6
Opponents Totals	328	185	56.4	131	2399	7.3	13.0	58t	12	3.7	12	3.7	37	302	2097	76.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Robinson	22	422	19.2	80t	3
Johnny Perkins	20	279	14.0	54	0
Bobby Hammond	19	136	7.2	28	0
Gary Shirk	16	280	17.5	64	2
Doug Kotar	15	73	4.9	13	0
Emery Moorehead	12	143	11.9	20	1
Ed Marshall	7	178	25.4	82	0
Bob Tucker	6	91	15.2	22	0
Al Dixon	6	78	13.0	21	0
Gordon Bell	4	33	8.3	12	0
Willie Spencer	4	20	5.0	15	0
Larry Csonka	2	20	10.0	12	0
Larry Watkins	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	134	1762	13.1	82	6
Opponents Totals	185	2399	13.0	58t	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Bryant	3	54	18.0	54t	1
Ray Rhodes	2	59	29.5	40	0
Brad Van Pelt	2	9	4.5	9	0
George Martin	1	30	30.0	30t	1
Brian Kelley	1	17	17.0	17	0
Larry Mallory	1	9	9.0	9	0
Clyde Powers	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ernie Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	12	179	14.9	54t	2
Opponents Totals	22	330	15.0	79t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Jennings	100	3993	39.9	58	0	4	19	680	3233	32.3
Team Totals	100	3993	39.9	58	0	4	19	680	3233	32.3
Opponents Totals	88	3427	38.9	68	1	10	20	446	2781	31.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Hammond	32	8	334	10.4	68t	1
Jimmy Robinson	7	5	87	12.4	50	0
Jim Stienke	5	0	30	6.0	13	0
Gordon Bell	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Beasley Reece	1	0	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	46	13	446	9.7	68t	1
Opponents Totals	67	4	680	10.1	44	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Hammond	19	419	22.1	31	0
Gordon Bell	12	235	19.6	35	0
Beasley Reece	7	159	22.7	32	0
Emery Moorehead	4	65	16.3	24	0
Willie Spencer	3	44	14.7	16	0
Gary Shirk	3	38	12.7	19	0
Doug Kotar	2	36	18.0	19	0
Brian Kelley	1	20	20.0	20	0
Ralph Hill	1	11	11.0	11	0
Andy Selfridge	1	9	9.0	9	0
Larry Mallory	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1036	19.2	35	0
Opponents Totals	35	895	25.6	99t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Troy Archer	10.5
John Mendenhall	10.0
Jack Gregory	7.5
George Martin	4.5
Gary Jeter	3.0
Harry Carson	2.0
Brad Van Pelt	1.0
Team Totals	37.0	302.0
Opponents Totals	46.0	375.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Troy Archer	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Bill Bryant	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Carson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Karl Chandler	2		0	0	0	-4	0
Jerry Golsteyn	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jack Gregory	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Hammond	3		1	0	1	0	0
John Hicks	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ralph Hill	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Jones	1		1	0	1	0	0
Brian Kelley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Doug Kotar	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Lloyd	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Larry Mallory	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Martin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Mendenhall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Pietrzak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Pisarcik	6		2	0	2	0	0
Clyde Powers	1		0	2	2	0	0
Ray Rhodes	0	0	1	1	2	53	0
Jimmy Robinson	0	0	1	0	1	15	0
Gary Shirk	4		2	0	2	0	0
Willie Spencer	4		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Stienke	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Tucker	1		0	0	0	0	0
J.T. Turner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Van Horn	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Brad Van Pelt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	14	13	20	33	64	0
Opponents Totals	47	20	26	12	38		2